The Fallout telecasting show has been a violent success in its own right ( 65 million viewers , making it the secondly - most successful on Prime Video ) but also in terms of its effect on the game ( Fallout 4 alone is currently sitting reasonably with a 138,181 24 - time of day peak player counting , and that ’s just on Steam ) . If even 10 - 27 year former game can see major capitulum in traffic , a new plot would likely brag the pants off evenStarfield . Unfortunately , developer and publisher Bethesda did not have one in the chamber ready to go to capitalize on the success of the show , and is not poise to release a Fallout 5 or side biz anytime in the close hereafter , give its current projects .
This begs the question : why not contract the work out to another studio apartment ? This way Bethesda can line its coffers further while fans do n’t have to hold off so long . radioactive dust : New Vegas was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and beloved by lover and critics alike and did strong number after all , so what ’s the holdup ? Well , music director Todd Howard did n’t say no , in a late interview with Kinda Funny Games .
Though he was quick to drive radioactive dust 76 as the go - to plot right now ( and he is right in that it ’s better a destiny since its tawdry launching ) , what many fans need is a traditional single player entree , which as it stand would take an external team to be released anytime presently . On that front , he lead it open as a possibility .
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" We ’ve always had those conversations , " says Howard . " We did a lot of thing for the show . It might seem like there is n’t a big new plot out , but we add contentedness into Fallout 76 for the show . We look at what we ’re doing with the franchise and we say do we still palpate effective about - I ca n’t bring out it now - our runaway for the franchise . "
" When is time of year 2 happening ? " he go on . " What are we doing on mobile ? What are we doing on 76 ? What are we doing with this thing ? What are we doing with this other thing ? When are these landing ? If I could tear my fingers and have them all be out and quick , I would . But the main thing is how do we cede these at a high quality horizontal surface ? That ’s always most important . "
Various Obsidian developers have antecedently remarked the relationship with Bethesda was a rocky one at clock time during New Vegas ' development and follow its release . remark on all this , Howard had nothing but congratulations for the game and studio apartment .
" They did an amazing job with New Vegas , " he state . " [ Their chief operating officer ] Feargus is one of my favourite people in the video game diligence , and he ’s been around for so many decades and done so many things and has seen it all . They ’ve done a marvelous job . I ca n’t address to matter we ’re doing with the enfranchisement in the future obviously , but New Vegas is a very , very authoritative game to us and our fans . We guess they did an incredible job . If anything the show is leaning into the events there . Obviously , Season 2 is going to sport some of New Vegas , and we ’re deliberate about maintaining the key events of that game . “Perhaps in being somewhat evasive , he ’s trying to avoid more gamy headlines ( like this one ) , but hopefully , this professed respect for the studio and game is a sign the relationship has improved over the twelvemonth and they ’re open to collaborating with Obsidian and potentially other developers ( InXile ? ) again . Obsidian likely does n’t ask the help these day with recent hits Outer Worlds , Pentiment , and Grounded , but it would certainly be a passionateness project for them , and the world could always use more of those .
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